The Bank CEO Who Washed Up In A Michigan Lake Was Shot 'Execution Style'

[DeSwiss]

Source: TPM LiveWire

The Bank CEO Who Washed Up In A Michigan Lake Was Shot 'Execution Style'

TPM LiveWire
Katya Wachtel | Business Insider | October 21, 2010, 12:52PM



David Widlak

More details have emerged about the death of a prominent Bank CEO who after having been missing for one month, washed up in a Michigan lake. A second autopsy of David Widlak's body - which was discovered by a duck hunter on Sunday - revealed that he was shot in the back of the head. The Oakland County medical examiner Dr. Dragovic, determined Widlak was shot "execution style."

Incredibly, an initial autopsy conducted by the local medical examiner had missed the gun shot wound. Dr. Spitz of Macomb County blames antiquated equipment for missing the gun shot wound in his first examination, and also points to how badly decomposed the body.

Widlak's case is turning into a real-life, terrifying, murder mystery for the financial crisis era. The prosecutor predicts that the case will soon become a murder investigation in which detectives will begin "scrutinizing Widlak's activities over many months in search of patterns or aberrations."

http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2010/10/21/news/doc4cbf4c0c5f665494390899.txt">Click here to listen to the 911 call from the duck hunter who found David Widlak's body >

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[hlthe2b]

1. Hmm. so how is the RW going to blame this on the Mexican cartel?

:shrug:

[snooper2]

2. I think it was his pimp

nt

[DeSwiss]

9. Since RWers don't require logic.....

...I'm sure they'll find a way.

[Taverner]

27. Oh easy: they'll just say COMMMUNIST OBAMA MEXICANS!!! and then they'll piss themselves

[DavidDvorkin]

13. See how far north Mexican violence has spread??!!!

Something like that, perhaps.

[Ian David]

14. They'll blame it on ACORN. n/t

[molly77]

30. How can a gun shot would to the head

be blamed on poor equipment. Whitewash gone south.

[kayakjohnny]

15. They're doing it already... read comment #4.....

bluestatedon 5 minutes ago

"This is obviously the work of the Mexican drug gangs that have taken over large areas of Michigan. They're working hand-in-hand with the Taliban that have taken over Dearborn, imposing Sharia law there. You can't go out at night in Grosse Pointe or Bloomfield Hills without seeing Burka-clad women or drug gangsters patrolling their territory."

[aquart]

18. I would put money on this comment being satirical.

[hughee99]

20. How to connect a bank CEO and the Mexican cartel? That's easy...

it's money laundering related.

[Thor_MN]

34. Them aliens dug them a tunnel ta Lake Michagun

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. He probably had a disagreement with some mobsters over money

n/t

[DeSwiss]

11. ....

mobsters "investors."

/fixed ;)

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[leveymg]

5. What bank? How is this guy prominent? Why is this anything other than a local crime story,

if indeed its even that?

Sometimes I wish TPM placed a context paragraph in their stories. Otherwise, always an interesting read.

[Ozymanithrax]

10. Community Central Bank

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20020023-504083.html

When people start killing banksters execution style, it is likly to raise concern in the organ used to pump the blood of other bankers.

[leveymg]

19. When they off Hank Paulson or Hank Greenberg, then it belongs under political coverage.

Heaven forbid. I don't think we have enough evidence to conclude this is the start of a trend, just yet.

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. Trend? Hmmmmmmm......

[Myrina]

6. ... maybe his bank tried to foreclose on some milita-owned properties ...

:shrug:

[DJ13]

7. I dont want the bankers shot, I just want them to jump

[valerief]

28. Bwahahahahaha!!!!

:rofl:

[YOY]

8. The truth is going to be fascinating if it ever come out.

n/t

[Denninmi]

12. Um, hmm, well...

We'll see.

I live here, and I've heard all about this story on the local media for a few weeks.

Based on the advanced state of decomposition, it's actually really hard to tell, per reports here today interviewing a couple of forensic pathologists, exactly how the gunshot wound was inflicted.

All indications really point to suicide, despite what the family wants to believe, or at least say they believe. Remember, life insurance doesn't pay off for suicide, so it's in their best financial interest to push a homicide theory.

Unless the police know things they aren't saying, it sounds like this man was just distraught over his career going down the tubes and killed himself.

And, unless I'm missing something, there were no indications of foul play at his office, and he was seen on security cameras leaving the building alone.

For the record, it was Lake St. Clair where the body was found. Lake Michigan is on the other side of the state.

[YOY]

17. If true still a fascinating case.

n/t

[Pathwalker]

21. Cororner ruling: LIKELY HOMICIDE. With link.

Link: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20101021/NEWS01/310210029/-1/middayupdates/Coroner--Mount-Clemens-banker-s-death-likely-a-homicide


The article states the coroner has ruled this to be a likely homicide, and explains why. Most people don't shoot themselves in the back of the head.

[Moosepoop]

24. Also, his car was never left the parking lot of the bank

yet his body and the gun were found in the lake several miles from the bank. His office at the bank had been found in "disarry" the morning after his disappearance, as well.

Either he tossed his own office, or someone else did. And he either walked several miles to the lake to kill himself by shooting the back of his own neck, or someone drove him there and did the shooting.

My guess is the latter.

[tclambert]

26. Only 3 miles. A long walk.

But, yeah, nobody shoots themselves in the back of the head. They found the gun just a few feet from the body. They did not say how many bullets were in the gun.

[BootinUp]

22. I never heard of suicide by gunshot to the back of the head.

Based on the OP this appears to be new information that discredit any suicide theory.

[Greyhound]

23. As long as the policy is in good standing for at least two years, life insurance does pay

after a suicide.

[monmouth]

31. My granddaughter lives in Mt. Clemens. I e-mailed her the story to

see what she's hearing. Very sad...

[aquart]

What bank?

Any other missing bankers we haven't heard about?

[Haole Girl]

25. Here is some more info:

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/10/19/news/doc4cbd960673ddb361586388.txt

This seems to be an isolated case (in the U.S., anyway).

[Scruffy1]

29. We could hope.

[aquart]

16. What bank?

Any other missing bankers we haven't heard about?

[HooptieWagon]

32. The Bank CEO Who Washed Up In A Michigan Lake Was Shot 'Execution Style'

Author says it like it's a bad thing...

[skoalyman]

33. maybe his check bounced?

:shrug: